Copyright's Arc

Martin Skladany is Professor of intellectual property, law and technology, and law and international development at Penn State Dickinson Law. He is the author of Big Copyright Versus the People: How Major Content Providers are Destroying Creativity and How to Stop Them (Cambridge, 2018).

• Introduction; 1. Problems of Global Copyright; 2. Reducing Copyright in Developing Countries; 3. Copyright, Middle-income Countries, and National Inclusivity; 4. Reducing Copyright in Rich Countries; 5. Interaction between Copyright Regimes; 6. Transitioning to Copyright's Arc; Conclusion.

'Overall, Copyright's Arc serves as an interesting proposal for a wholesale reorientation of the global copyright landscape. Viewing copyright policy in this way - as a holistic, globally-integrated whole, which must serve human flourishing and development - offers a new perspective on the debate about corporate capture of policy-making.' Sophie Corke, IPKat